Japan June seasonally unadjusted current account: deficit ¥92.3 bln, versus forecast surplus ¥1,512.0 bln and prior surplus ¥3,968.3 bln.

Spot gold in London topped $4,300/oz on Aug 7 after posting the largest single-day H2 gain a day earlier. As prices recovered, domestic gold ETFs accelerated allocations: since July mainstream products have seen net inflows of more than CNY10bn, and HuaAn’s gold ETF recorded 18 consecutive trading days of net inflows. Gold has retraced over 26% from this year’s peak, with shifts in liquidity conditions cited as the primary driver of the correction. Supported by ongoing central-bank purchases, public fund managers expect further near-term bottoming but say the long-term structural bull case for gold remains intact.

据英国金融时报：英国国防集团Cambridge Aerospace已筹集3亿美元，用于开发其导弹和无人机拦截系统。此次交易的估值达34亿美元，进一步巩固了其作为英国最有价值初创企业之一的地位。